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In the First World War, British propaganda took various forms, including pictures, literature and film. Britain also placed significant emphasis on atrocity propaganda as a way of mobilising public opinion against Imperial Germany and the Central Powers during the First World War. [1] For the global picture, see Propaganda in World War I.
Around the beginning of World War 1, Brenhard, among other artists, contributed greatly to instilling support for the war effort in German civilians through propaganda. [4] His posters, following Plakatstil, allowed for a clear and direct message to the audience that bolstered nationalism through depictions of the current enemy in a "them ...
Russian World War 1 propaganda posters generally showed the enemies as demonic, one example showing Kaiser Wilhelm as a devil figure. [13] They would all depict the war as ‘patriotic’, with one poster saying that the war was Russia’s second ‘patriotic war’, the first being against Napoleon.
British official war artists were a select group of artists who were employed on contract, or commissioned to produce specific works during the First World War, the Second World War and select military actions in the post-war period. [1] Official war artists have been appointed by governments for information or propaganda purposes and to record ...
Taylor, James (2013), Your Country Needs You: the Secret History of the Propaganda Poster, Glasgow: Saraband, ISBN 9781887354974; Tynan, Jane (2013). British Army Uniform and the First World War: Men in Khaki. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-31831-2. Welch, David; Fox, Jo, eds. (2012). Justifying War: Propaganda, Politics and the Modern Age.
Consuelo Flowerton (August 9, 1900 – December 21, 1965) was an American actress and model of the early twentieth century. During and after World War I, she was known as the "war poster girl" because she appeared on widely distributed propaganga posters drawn by Howard Chandler Christy. [1]
Hollywood has a long history of pressuring aspiring performers to change (i.e. anglicize) their names to make them more "palatable" to an American audience or to prevent themselves from being ...
This category is for War artists whose main topical focus was the first World War. Many of these artists were official artists for their respective governments, but some have produced work post-War. Contents